Nomination Window Opens to Award the 2024 Legal Visionary

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IAALS has opened the nomination window for the 2024 Alli Gerkman Legal Visionary Award, which recognizes innovators who have made significant impacts early in their legal careers toward making the American legal system work better for everyone.… MORE

So You Want to Implement an Allied Legal Professional Program, Part 2

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IAALS’ report, Allied Legal Professionals: A National Framework for Program Growth, summarizes the discussions at our 2022 convening, including convergence on best practices for allied legal professional programs, areas of divergence between program… MORE

Black Swans, Gray Rhinos, and Lessons from the Pandemic for our Justice System

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One of the questions asked in response to the pandemic was whether the pandemic was a black swan or a gray rhino. Black swans are high-profile events that are hard to predict—rare or even unimaginable events. Such events have shaped history in the… MORE

Better Lawyer Licensing, Part 4: The Final Three Building Blocks of Minimum Competence

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IAALS’ report, Building a Better Bar: The Twelve Building Blocks of Minimum Competence, provides the first-ever empirically grounded definition of the minimum competence required to practice law. Our comprehensive study found that minimum competence… MORE

Data Plays a Critical Role in Regulatory Innovation

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Many states are rethinking how legal services are delivered and regulated in an effort to close the justice gap and connect more people with the help they need when they experience a legal issue. Whether it be implementing a regulatory sandbox,… MORE

Utah Bar Admissions Working Group Proposes Novel Pathway Grounded in IAALS’ Research

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The Utah Bar Admissions Working Group has issued its final report outlining recommendations for a novel approach to attorney licensure in Utah, and the proposed new pathway is currently before the Utah Supreme Court for consideration. This… MORE

Wisconsin Impeachment Demonstrates the Problem with Judicial Elections

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In April, the Wisconsin Supreme Court secured a liberal majority for the first time in 15 years with the election of Justice Janet Protasiewicz. The former Milwaukee County judge’s campaign received robust financial support from Democrats, setting… MORE

Balancing Consumer Protection and Consumer Access with Alternative Legal Service Providers

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Over the past 10 years—since Washington State implemented the first allied legal professional (ALP) program—there has been a steady increase in states interested in developing their own program. Alongside this increased desire has also been… MORE

Building a Consumer-Centered Legal Market: Takeaways from IAALS’ Convening on Regulatory Reform

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Since 2019, IAALS has been at the forefront of efforts to rethink how we regulate the delivery of legal services and how we can create a consumer-centered regulatory system to ensure a more robust market for high-quality legal services—one that is… MORE

Award-Winning Legal Tech Startups Are Reshaping the Future of Justice

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Last month, the American Legal Technology Awards in Nashville, Tennessee, showcased groundbreaking legal technologies, several of which are part of Utah’s pioneering regulatory sandbox. Rasa Legal clinched the Startup category with its mission… MORE